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Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
Werner v. Kelly 9 La. Ann. 60 1854 0 Marital property, partition, defamation Louisiana
Judson v. Hertz 11 La. Ann. 715 1856 0 Marital property, property, insolvency Louisiana
State v. Gardner 10 La. Ann. 25 1855 0 Criminal law, selling liquor to enslaved person, federal rules of civil procedure Louisiana
McLellan v. Williams 11 La. Ann. 721 1856 0 Redhibition, sales, death of enslaved person Louisiana
State v. Harrison 11 La. Ann. 722 1856 0 Murder, imprisonment, statutory interpretation Louisiana
Malone v. Kitching 10 La. Ann. 85 1855 0 Marital property, donations, marriage, judicial seizure, sales, property Louisiana
Reynolds v. Batson 11 La. Ann. 729 1856 0 Theft of enslaved persons, dispute over ownership of enslaved persons Louisiana
Porterfield v. Greenwood 10 La. Ann. 51 1855 0 Sales, seizure, title, debts Louisiana
Maranthe v. Hunter 11 La. Ann. 734 1856 0 Wills, emancipation Louisiana
State v. Adeline 11 La. Ann. 736 1856 0 Murder, execution, confessions Louisiana
Nixon v. Bozeman 11 La. Ann. 750 1856 0 Redhibition, recission of slave of enslaved person, death of enslaved person Louisiana
Eulalie v. Long 9 La. Ann. 9 1854 0 Kidnapping, emancipation Louisiana
Braux v. LeBlanc 10 La. Ann. 97 1855 0 Sales, successions, promissory notes Louisiana
City of New Orleans v. Philippi 9 La. Ann. 44 1854 0 Taxes, property, ordinance, municipal code Louisiana
State v. Thompson 10 La. Ann. 122 1855 0 Criminal law, warrants Louisiana
Figuras v. Administrator of Benoist 11 La. Ann. 683 1856 0 Successions, debts, medical care Louisiana
State v. Judge of the Fourth District Court of New Orleans 11 La. Ann. 696 1856 0 Marital property, creditor's rights Louisiana
Ammonette v. Crandell 10 La. Ann. 174 1855 0 Judicial seizure, writ of fieri facias, property Louisiana
Union Bank of Louisiana v. Lobdell 10 La. Ann. 130 1855 0 Loans, debts, judicial seizure Louisiana
Sturgis v. Arcenaux 9 La. Ann. 136 1854 0 Property, judgment creditors, contracts Louisiana